Chattanooga
Lipscomb
Newberry breaks Lady Mocs all-time dig record with 35 in 3-2 loss to Lipscomb
10/16/2007 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
In the match, junior outside hitter Sarah Snider notched 37 kills and freshman setter Stefine Pease posted a match-high 66 assists to lead Lipscomb (13-9, 5-2 A-Sun) to a 3-2 victory over Chattanooga (13-9, 8-1) in a non-conference match Tuesday evening at Maclellan Gym in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Lady Bisons defeated UTC 30-28, 23-30, 30-22, 26-30 and 15-11 for their seventh straight victory.
In Game 1, the two teams battled out to a 12-12 tie before Lipscomb took the lead, 19-13 on a 7-1 run and then extended their lead to 26-18.
It was another tightly contested battle in Game 2 as the teams deadlocked five times before settling at 18-18. At that point, the Lady Mocs put together a 6-0 run to go ahead 24-18 before closing out the match on an overall run of 12-5 to tie the match at 1-1.
Chattanooga took an early 8-4 lead in Game 3 before seeing the Lady Bisons pull to within 12-10. From there Lipscomb took control of the game, putting together an 11-2 run to take a 21-14 lead and eventually went on to close out the game 30-22.
The fourth game was once again a hotly contested affair as neither team held more than a three-point lead until the Lady Mocs extended their lead to 19-15. Lipscomb then proceeded to post a 7-3 run to tie the game at 22-22. An 8-4 run, keyed by back-to-back kills by senior middle blocker Leslee Ball (Sycamore,
In that fifth and final game, the Lady Bisons quickly broke a 3-3 tie and took a 9-6 lead. A 3-1 run pushed the lead to a daunting 12-7 advantage before senior outside hitter Jamie Engel (
For the Lady Bison's, Snider added 16 digs to go along with her match-high 37 kills while senior libero Ann Mullins led the defense with a match-high 39 digs. She was joined on defense by junior outside hitter Jessica Turner with 26 digs and freshman libero Brittany Simmons with 16 digs and three aces. Pease added nine digs to go along with her match-high 66 assists.
Engel also contributed significantly on defense, notching 29 digs while senior outside hitter Kelsey Amundson (
As a team, the Lady Mocs finished with a season-high tying 136 digs.
The Lady Mocs return to action this weekend when they travel to Appalachian State on Saturday for a 1 p.m. match at the
Notes
Newberry now has 630 digs on the season and 2,087 for her career, making her
